The development of the ERC is backed up by a partnership at three levels:

• At the local level: a synergy is created between the populations, local government and administrative authorities of the region to realise the activities at the grassroots;

• At the national level: setting up ERCs results from a successful partrnership between the Government of concerned countries, the National Federation of UNESCO Clubs and BREDA (UNESCO-DAKAR). This partnership gave rise to an ad’hoc structure supported by other partners (NGOs, OCB, Ministries…)

• At the international level: to date, the building and functioning of ERC was funded to a large extent through extra-budgetary funds within the framework of the UNESCO Co-Action 204 programme as well as through the assistance of other development partners. Besides, ERC activities are supported by Agencies of the United Nations System and international NGOs.

Thus in Senegal, this successful partnership enabled the Literacy Caravan to obtain Dutch funding for its second phase entitled: "Educational Resource Centres Network" from 1997 to 2000. The movement was thus able to obtain support from other countries within the framework of bilateral cooperation (Netherlands, Japan…) and institutions of the United Nations System in Senegal: UNESCO, ILO, FAO, WHO, UNICEF, HCR. Similarly, other national structures collaborate closely with the ERC Network: ENDA-TM, AGADA, CONGAD, PROCELOS, PAPYRUS, GTZ...

In Cameroon just as in Mauritania, the ERC network also works closely with institutions of the United Nations System and the Government. Thus, the coordinator of the Ngoksa ERC in Cameroon is an officer seconded to this task by the Youths and Sports Ministry.